Richard Gerstl, Austrian painter and illustrator (died 1908)

Richard Gerstl

Austrian painter (1883–1908)

Richard Gerstl was an Austrian painter and draughtsman known for his expressive psychologically insightful portraits, his lack of critical acclaim during his lifetime, and his affair with Mathilde Schoenberg, wife of composer Arnold Schoenberg, which led to Gerstl's suicide.